Purposes and program of the Radcliffe Institute are described from its creation in 1960 as "one effort to change the social climate for women" by offering part-time fellowships so that talented women might again become "visible professionally" to its present increasingly professional orientation. (JT)

In light of the questioning of the status of women taking place within Australian universities, the author presents a case history of a women professor from which she draws questions that should guide further investigations and recommendations regarding women in the university. (JT)

A content analysis of 63 faculty collective bargaining contracts and a survey of the chief student personnel officers and faculty union leaders involved revealed that student personnel workers at two-year institutions are treated more like teaching faculty than at four-year institutions. (Author)

This article was adapted from a speech given at the Workshop on Elementary School Guidance, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, March 20, 1968.

In the fall semester of 1981, librarians at the Sims Memorial Library of Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU) surveyed the faculty of the university to ascertain their perceptions of the status and professional contributions of librarians. Of the 264 questionnaires sent out to faculty at the four major colleges (Business, Education, Humanities,…

A selected bibliography designed to characterize the various viewpoints on merit pay in higher education through the decade of the 1970's is presented. Initial research was conducted by surveying the "Education Index," the "Social Sciences Index," the Humanities Index," the "Social Sciences and Humanities Index," and ERIC's "Current Index to…

The opinion is set forth that intense competition for individual promotion in higher education institutions is counter-productive to the achievement of educational excellence. It is proposed that individual development as well as the development of successful college programs are better served by mutual support, cooperation, and intelligent…

The purpose of this document is to focus on the problem of the appropriate and efficient evaluation of innovative, nontraditional institutions of higher education. The applicability of the traditional standards of an academic self-study to the Walden experience is described and assessed. Information was gathered on the Walden alumni, the…

This paper reported on a study made by the North Carolina Department of Public instruction in which outstanding teachers evaluated themselves on a variety of personal traits. Participants in the program were 43 recipients of outstanding biology teaching awards from the National Association of Biology Teachers. The teachers were asked to…

This paper addresses a problem that educators have become painfully aware of: their occupation does not share all of the characteristics and benefits of established professions like law and medicine. Oregon is selected as a case study in the making of a profession because, along with California, it has moved farthest towards a true…

The report studies the effects that the achieved status of the principal (power figure) has on the productivity of a heierarchically differenitiated group (participants have unequal ascribed status relationships) when all of the group members have an equal share in making decisions. The study tests two hypotheses: (1) as leader achieved status…

This paper presents and discusses some existing problems in and proposed solutions for establishing a professional posture and developing a science of teaching reading. The problems discussed include: the immense size and complexity of the educational enterprise in physical plant, personnel, students, and curriculum; the size of the educational…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of an Australian committee report investigating lecturers' salaries in institutions of higher learning. The report classifies two groups of institutions: institutes of technology and single discipline colleges. Lecturing staff should be encouraged to move between institutes…

To improve productivity as well as to encourage personal growth, there has been a limited but determined movement in some higher education institutions to use librarians in non-library related classroom teaching assignments in addition to their regular duties. The experiences of two college librarians who temporarily assumed additional non-library…